HUSBANDS (Paris)

[Voidoid]

Looks ok cause jacket is very stylized and overall look is very "fashion"

 

[garigo]

I'm really excited to share the result of my first project with Husbands: a raglan coat in grey herringbone donegal tweed, developed by Simon Crompton of Permanent Style. I couldn't be any more satisfied with both the process and the final outcome, and I'm especially happy about the cloth itself, the overall length, and the volume of the coat.

As always, Gauthier, Nicolas and the whole staff have been very friendly and helpful, and I'm looking forward to wearing this coat for years and years, and visiting them again soon!

 

[mmmargeologist]

I'm really excited to share the result of my first project with Husbands: a raglan coat in grey herringbone donegal tweed, developed by Simon Crompton of Permanent Style. I couldn't be any more satisfied with both the process and the final outcome, and I'm especially happy about the cloth itself, the overall length, and the volume of the coat.

As always, Gauthier, Nicolas and the whole staff have been very friendly and helpful, and I'm looking forward to wearing this coat for years and years, and visiting them again soon!

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Awesome write up. How did you find sizing? What are your chest measurements and what size did you order if you don’t mind my asking?

 

[Autre Vue]

I'm really excited to share the result of my first project with Husbands: a raglan coat in grey herringbone donegal tweed, developed by Simon Crompton of Permanent Style. I couldn't be any more satisfied with both the process and the final outcome, and I'm especially happy about the cloth itself, the overall length, and the volume of the coat.

As always, Gauthier, Nicolas and the whole staff have been very friendly and helpful, and I'm looking forward to wearing this coat for years and years, and visiting them again soon!

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This is utterly fantastic. I remember when you had brought up this idea some time ago and I imagined it would look quite nice, but it truly is the Platonic ideal of a raglan overcoat, at least to me. The large herringbone donegal is the perfect coat fabric, but I always thought the Permanent Style version was missing something and I think it's the option to belt it to create some shape. Which is what you have, so congratulations! I'm actually quite jealous now as I totally missed the window to buy that fabric when it was offered, I thought it would make a great polo coat as well. Perhaps next winter, as I have another suit on order that I'm hoping to receive soon as it's been 7 weeks. But with the holidays upon us I think it might still be end of January or February when it arrives, fingers crossed.

 

[LeSpaceCowboy]

I'm really excited to share the result of my first project with Husbands: a raglan coat in grey herringbone donegal tweed, developed by Simon Crompton of Permanent Style. I couldn't be any more satisfied with both the process and the final outcome, and I'm especially happy about the cloth itself, the overall length, and the volume of the coat.

As always, Gauthier, Nicolas and the whole staff have been very friendly and helpful, and I'm looking forward to wearing this coat for years and years, and visiting them again soon!

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Simply marvelous. The fit, the fabric, the Husbands cut. Knowing them, the team is probably as happy as you are having produced this. C’est superbe ! Enjoy 😉

 

[garigo]

Awesome write up. How did you find sizing? What are your chest measurements and what size did you order if you don’t mind my asking?

This is utterly fantastic. I remember when you had brought up this idea some time ago and I imagined it would look quite nice, but it truly is the Platonic ideal of a raglan overcoat, at least to me. The large herringbone donegal is the perfect coat fabric, but I always thought the Permanent Style version was missing something and I think it's the option to belt it to create some shape. Which is what you have, so congratulations! I'm actually quite jealous now as I totally missed the window to buy that fabric when it was offered, I thought it would make a great polo coat as well. Perhaps next winter, as I have another suit on order that I'm hoping to receive soon as it's been 7 weeks. But with the holidays upon us I think it might still be end of January or February when it arrives, fingers crossed.

Simply marvelous. The fit, the fabric, the Husbands cut. Knowing them, the team is probably as happy as you are having produced this. C’est superbe ! Enjoy 😉

Thank you all, I'm glad to hear you're as excited about the result as I am! I am 185 cm tall and have a 102 cm chest, and I went with my usual 50, with an overall length of 120 cm.

In terms of the ordering process, we started from the standard size, and they had a sample to try on. Then I had the option to customize the sleeve and back length from there. I would say the pattern is true to size, with plenty of room to make it wearable over both knitwear and sport coats.

 

[pyunghwa]

I'm really excited to share the result of my first project with Husbands: a raglan coat in grey herringbone donegal tweed, developed by Simon Crompton of Permanent Style. I couldn't be any more satisfied with both the process and the final outcome, and I'm especially happy about the cloth itself, the overall length, and the volume of the coat.

As always, Gauthier, Nicolas and the whole staff have been very friendly and helpful, and I'm looking forward to wearing this coat for years and years, and visiting them again soon!

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Oh wow, as someone mentioned above, this is the perfect balmacaan.

Can you describe what the process was like? I'm based in Canada - is this something that can be done remotely?

And do you mind if I ask what the cost was?

 

[garigo]

Oh wow, as someone mentioned above, this is the perfect balmacaan.

Can you describe what the process was like? I'm based in Canada - is this something that can be done remotely?

And do you mind if I ask what the cost was?

Thank you! I'm lucky to be based in Paris, so I'm not sure about a remote option, but my understanding is that they prefer to have at least some sort of relationship with a client before proceeding with custom orders.

As for the process, I went to the store to explain my original idea, and they agreed to have me ship the fabric directly to their workshop in Italy. The cloth was a preorder as well, so the whole process was started in early May. The cloth itself was delivered in late September, and I went to the store to try on the sample and finalize the details in early October. The final price was 1300 €, excluding the cost of the cloth.

 

[pyunghwa]

Thank you! I'm lucky to be based in Paris, so I'm not sure about a remote option, but my understanding is that they prefer to have at least some sort of relationship with a client before proceeding with custom orders.

As for the process, I went to the store to explain my original idea, and they agreed to have me ship the fabric directly to their workshop in Italy. The cloth was a preorder as well, so the whole process was started in early May. The cloth itself was delivered in late September, and I went to the store to try on the sample and finalize the details in early October. The final price was 1300 €, excluding the cost of the cloth.

Oh wow, that's not bad at all! I've never ordered anything mto, so am quite green when it comes to purchasing fabrics. Is shipping the fabric directly to their factory the norm? And how much fabric would I need to purchase? And what is the typical cost? I would love to have a balmacaan made up in this magee fabric

My apologies for all the questions!

 

[breakaway01]

Oh wow, that's not bad at all! I've never ordered anything mto, so am quite green when it comes to purchasing fabrics. Is shipping the fabric directly to their factory the norm? And how much fabric would I need to purchase? And what is the typical cost? I would love to have a balmacaan made up in this magee fabric

My apologies for all the questions!

Things may have changed but I reached out to them early this year asking about remote MTO, but at that time they would not move forward without an in-person appointment. Fortunately I was in Paris in August and was able to stop in. Couldn't hurt to ask them to see if things have changed. However, I will say that their tailoring fits differently from many other makers, especially their jackets, and I would strongly recommend that you try their models on before placing any custom orders.

I think your questions re: shipping fabric to their factory, amount of fabric needed would be better directed to Husbands.

 

[garigo]

Oh wow, that's not bad at all! I've never ordered anything mto, so am quite green when it comes to purchasing fabrics. Is shipping the fabric directly to their factory the norm? And how much fabric would I need to purchase? And what is the typical cost? I would love to have a balmacaan made up in this magee fabric

My apologies for all the questions!

I agree that it would be better to ask the more technical questions directly to Husbands. However, they have several Magee books in the store, so it's possible in that case you wouldn't need to purchase the fabric yourself.

 

[merkwurdigliebe]

I think they are different about made-to-measure orders and made-to-order items. I live in New York and have made-to-order items that I selected in a specific model and fabric that they had already produced ready-to-wear pieces in. I also had them made in a stock size. An example being "Bataille cut waistcoat in the black wool triple fresco to match this suit in stock size 48." I plan to have several more things made to order in the coming year so I'll post about those processes once I start them.

 

[breakaway01]

I think they are different about made-to-measure orders and made-to-order items. I live in New York and have made-to-order items that I selected in a specific model and fabric that they had already produced ready-to-wear pieces in. I also had them made in a stock size. An example being "Bataille cut waistcoat in the black wool triple fresco to match this suit in stock size 48." I plan to have several more things made to order in the coming year so I'll post about those processes once I start them.

interesting. The only thing that I needed to be changed was a slightly shorter sleeve but they didn’t want to do that online. It also seemed to me (unless I did not understand our conversation well enough due to a small language barrier) that they can only make relatively minor changes to their RTW patterns at the factory.

@garigo, was your coat an entirely new pattern or a modification of an existing model?

 

[garigo]

interesting. The only thing that I needed to be changed was a slightly shorter sleeve but they didn’t want to do that online. It also seemed that they can only make relatively minor changes to their RTW patterns at the factory.

@garigo, was your coat an entirely new pattern or a modification of an existing model?

Mine is essentially this coat in a different fabric. I also think they have a similar RTW version coming soon by the way.

 

[mmmargeologist]

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